Tag: Gibbons

My grandmother and the naturalist author Euell Gibbons exchanged letters. This latest revelation came from my mother. “Oh, wow! I would love to see those. We could publish them,” I said to my mom over the phone. “I don’t think I have them,” Mom said. Grandma had k...

In 1798, the state of New York awarded Robert R. Livingston, founding father, and Robert Fulton, future inventor of the steamboat, the monopoly on steamboat navigation in the state of New York, provided that they met certain technical thresholds. By 1807, Robert Fulton’s steamboat design had m...